Rebecca (Flohr) Shellenberger (1809 - 1865)

Born 20 Feb 1809 in Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 2 Jul 1865 at age 56 in Pleasant Township, Wabash County, Indiana

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Biography

Rebecca was born in Pennsylvania [2 & 3] in 1809 to Daniel [1] and Mary Flohr. She moved with her parents to Ohio when only around 7 years old. She married Jacob Shellenbarger in Ohio in 1827. They raised a family of 7 children. By 1860 they had moved to Wabash County, Indiana. Rebecca died in Wabash County, Indiana in 1865 and was buried in South Pleasant Cemetery in Wabash County [4 & 5].

Sources

1. Daniel Flohr (Sr.) died without making a will. The probate papers dated March 21, 1850 list his survivors as follows: Mary, widow of D. Floor, Daniel Floor, Jacob and Carolina Seitner, Jesse Floor, Jacob and Rebecca Shellanbarger, Solomon Floor, Jacob Floor, Jacob and Elizabeth May, and Levi Floor (a minor). [Mahoning County, Ohio Probate File #224.]

2. 1850 U.S. Census for the State of Ohio, Mahoning County, Berlin Township (Rebecca, age 42, born in Pennsylvania living in the household of Jacob Shellenbarger). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

3.. The 1860 U.S. Census for the State of Indiana, Wabash County, Pleasant Township (Rebecca, age 52, born in Pennsylvania, living in the household of Jacob Shellenberger). [Census available on ancestry.com.]

4.. Lester H. Binnie, Cemetery Records for Pleasant and Paw Paw Townships Wabash County, Indiana (North Manchester, Indiana, 1983), page 90.

5. Personal visit to South Pleasant Cemetery in Wabash County, Indiana, May 12,1999.

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Initial profile prepared by K. Schmugge. Changes, additions, and sources added by K. Jones.